I'm looking for a dipstick and tube for a 74 302 Pleasurecraft inboard. The tube is the one that goes in the side of the oil pan. I can't seem to locate one. Anybody got any ideas?<br />Thanks
Well I got another hole in the water where my money goes. 28' Lurhes sportfisher. it's got twin 302 ford motors with velvet drive transmissions and Walter V drives. I was going to the coast this weekend to start work on her and get every thing in order (does that ever happen?). I'm not sure yet...
1978 260 Mercruiser. While trying to find why my oil had water in it I found the source to be water passing by the exaust plate that is between two gaskets where the elbow meets the manifold. I noticed there were black water marks on the inside of the plate between the water jacket and the...
After a number of years and more than a few boats, I have never had an OEM stater break a nose cone. I recently replaced an OEM starter with one of "MES" permenant magnet starters and after 1 month the nose cone poped off. MES won't warranty because they said it was caused by a backfire. BS! I...
Well the hole in the water where my money goes has a new problem. Water in the oil. Mercruiser 260 (350 GM) runs great but on pulling it out of the water the other day I had oil in the bilge. After I got it home I noticed white jello insif=de the oil filler cap. Suprisingly the oil looked OK...
78 Cobalt w/ 260 mercruiser (pre alpha)<br />After adjusting the lower shift cable and getting the boat to shift without dying I took it out the other day for a quick run to check it out. Well, the run did not go well. First off their was what I would describe as a gravel noise coming from the...
78 Mercruiser 260 (350) with a mallory point distributor. No spark. Coil windings check good, about 10.5 volts on the + leg of the coil, neg. connections to distributor are good, point gap set correctly @.016. I cleaned the points and checked all connections. What am I missing? Ran fine last...
I've got a 78 Cobalt I just aquired with a Merc 260 5.7 V8 and I think an Alpha 1. Got her running today and all is well except the trim and tilt. Don't have a manual yet. The trim will work going down but will not go up. Tilt is a no function at all (separate system?). What type oil and where...
